June 14 is known as World Blood Donor Day. Blood donation is also called Mahadan in the society. By donating blood, a person can save the life of a needy person. By donating blood, you not only save the life of a needy person, but it also has a positive effect on our body. Regarding blood donation, this question often comes in people’s mind that who can donate blood and who is not eligible for it. In other words, very few people are aware of the rules of blood donation. Let’s know about this
Such people can give blood
Whether donating blood or plasma or platelets, a person should be healthy for this.
You must be over 18 years of age to donate blood
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The person donating blood should not be suffering from any serious disease or disorder. Apart from this, his weight should be 50 kg (male).
To donate blood, it is necessary to have at least 12 grams of hemoglobin in the body. Similarly, the platelet count should be above 1.5 lakhs. This applies to both men and women
Women who want to donate blood their weight should be above 45 kgs
Blood donation gives these benefits to the body
After donating blood, the body gets involved in the work of completing the deficiency of blood. During this, more red blood cells or red blood cells are formed, due to which our health improves.
If a person donates blood regularly, it does not increase the amount of iron in the body and reduces the risk of some types of cancer.
Donating blood keeps the heart healthy. Blood donation keeps the balance of iron in the body, which has a good effect on our heart.
How many times in a year can you donate blood?
Often people think that they donate blood only once in their life, but it is not so. A healthy person can donate blood 4 times in a year or after an interval of every 3 months.
Who cannot donate blood
A person who is physically weak or suffering from a serious illness cannot donate blood.
If you have recently got a tattoo done on your body or got any kind of vaccine, then you cannot donate blood.
People suffering from diabetes should avoid donating blood.
If a woman is breastfeeding then she should also not donate blood.
People above 65 years and below 18 years of age should not donate blood
Excessive amount of alcohol, smoking people should also avoid blood donation
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